Cork-extractor.



G. B. ARGO.

CORK BXTRAGTOB.

APPLICATION FILED rnn.2,19os.

Patented July 6, 1909.

WITNESSES Ell GEORGE B. ARGO, F PERLEE, IOWA.

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specification of. Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1989.

Application filed February 2, 1.909. Serial No. 475,625.

fif'aellwlwm it may concern:

no it known that I, GEORGE B. Aaoo, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Perlee, in the county of Jefferson and State of t laws, have invented certain new and useful adapted more particularly to be used for removing corks from bottles, etc., and my object is to provide a body, which may be introduced into or extended through the cork.

A. further object is to provide means for extending prongs outwarr 1y from the body and in position to engage the cork and a still further object is to provide a shield for the lower end of the body when the extractor is in use, said shield being arranged to form a hand-lo for the extractor when in use.

H ther objects and advantages will be hercinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

in the accom anying drawings forming part of this apfpfication, Figure 1 is a perspective view 0 the extractor when the same is not inuse. .Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, showing the position of the parts when applied to use. Fig. 3 is a vertlcal central sectional view as seen on line 3 3, Fig. 2, and, 4 is a similar view showing the parts of the device when. not in use.

l -referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the body of my improved extractor, the lower end 2 of which is pref crably pointed, while the upper end thereof is provided with a loo 3. i

The bor y 1 is preferably oblong and provided adjacent its .ointed end with a slot 4, which slot extenr s laterally through the body, said body being also provided with a kill to rest within the slot 4-. when the rod is in its elevated position, or as shown in Fig. 4. and

project outwardly from the edge'softhe slot when the rod '7 is in its lowered position or when the rod is in the osition shown in Fig. 3, the lower end wal of the slot 4 belng substantially V-shaped and curved to conform to the curvature of the prongs,

thereby roviding means for positively directing t 10 prongs outwardly as the'rod 7 1s lowered.

extracting the cork, the pointed end thereof 1 being introduced into the opening 6 and above the head 8 and by forcing the shield through the opening until it is extended at equal distances on opposite sides of the loop, the rod 7 will be'lowored its full extent and the prongs 9 extended to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, when the shield 11 may be grasped and the cork extracted. The head 8 is preferably curved to conform to the curvature of the opening 6 and to prevent the head from mutilating the shield 11, a cavity rendered strong and durable and it will like.- I

wise be soon that the same may be quickly applied when it is desired to extract the cork. It will further be seen that the extraotor when not in use will occupy a minimum amount of space and by employing the shield as a handle, sullicient gripping surface will. be provided to quickly extract the cork.

hat I claim is:

1.. A device of the character described, comprising a body having an axial or longi- 

